Over time, Apple computers would appeal most strongly to artists and designers, while the IBM/DOS line of computers sold better in business markets.Īfter selling hundreds of thousands of units, Apple discontinued the 'Mac Classic' line of computers in April 1986. Shortly after the 512 KB appeared, Apple also introduced a LaserWriter printer, which enabled desktop publishing for individuals and small businesses. Applications included MacWrite, a word processor, and MacPaint, a drawing program that turned the mouse into a paintbrush.

It contained 512 KB of RAM and 64 KB of ROM and initially had a 400 KB Floppy disk drive. The Macintosh 512 KB contained a Motorola 68000 microprocessor which ran at 8 MHz. The vertical processor case and 9' monochrome screen were distinguishing features of all the early Macintosh line. It gave users four times as much memory, and allowed them to keep several major programs open simultaneously. The Macintosh 512 KB, nicknamed 'Fat Mac,' was introduced in September 1984. The first Macintosh had only 128K RAM, and users quickly found this insufficient. Apple's version of the mouse had a single button, which became an Apple standard.

They could also execute functions like saving, moving, or deleting files by clicking and dragging the icons around the screen with a pointing device called a mouse.

Instead of typing out names of programs on command lines, users with a GUI could click 'icons,' or pictures that represented the programs they wanted to run. Apple proved far more successful when it introduced the Macintosh in January 1984, with a splashy television advertisement during the Superbowl. The idea had originated at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center in the 1970s, but Xerox was slow to commercialize it. The Apple Macintosh introduced a graphic user interface (GUI) to the Apple line of computers.

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